The impact of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Enhancement Act of 2004 on VA physicians' salaries and retention [0.03%]
2004年退伍军人事务部卫生保健人员增强法对退伍军人事务局医生薪酬及留院意愿的影响分析
William B Weeks,Tanner A Wallace,Amy E Wallace
William B Weeks
Objective: To determine whether the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel Enhancement Act (the Act), which was designed to achieve VA physician salary parity with American Academy of Medical Colleges (AAMC)...
William B Weeks,Amy E Wallace,Tanner A Wallace et al.
William B Weeks et al.
Objectives: We sought to determine whether the VA provides health care at a low cost. Methods: For fiscal years 2001-2007, we used data...
Comparative Study
Journal of health care finance. 2009 Summer;35(4):1-12. DOI: 2009
Paul J Flaer,Mustafa Z Younis
Paul J Flaer
The World Health Organization Joint Report of 2007 (WHO/UNAIDS/UNICEF) estimated that in developing world economies, 2 million people with HIV/AIDS were being treated with antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) out of the 7 million needing treatment. ...
The role of ethical banks in health care policy and financing in Spain [0.03%]
西班牙伦理银行在医疗卫生政策和融资中的作用
Luis Salvador-Carulla,Josep Solans,Mónica Duaigues et al.
Luis Salvador-Carulla et al.
Objectives: Ethical, social, or civic banks, constitute a secondary source of financing, which is particularly relevant in Southern and Central Europe. However there is no information on the scientific literature on this ...
Confronting the challenges of long-term health care crisis in the United States [0.03%]
美国长期医疗危机的挑战及其应对措施
Aftab Hussain,Patrick A Rivers
Aftab Hussain
This article examines the factors that comprise long-term health care and the impact that the aging population will have in dramatically increasing the costs of long-term health care in the United States if current health policies are not a...
Joseph Cheng,Jeffrey C Ives
Joseph Cheng
The central issue in the current health care reform is cost. No health care reform can be successful without putting a rein on cost while maintaining a high quality of health care service. We believe one approach to solving the cost and qua...
Michael Villaire,Gloria Mayer
Michael Villaire
Health care reform begins with remaking our system back into more of a health care system, not a sick care system. We need to provide moderate incentives for providers and patients to spend time on education and wellness, and to do it in a ...
Aftab Hussain,Patrick A Rivers
Aftab Hussain
This article discusses the science of regenerative medicine and presents evidence that investments towards the development of this technology will reduce total health care output. Use of regenerative medicine will also be an important facto...
Pamela C Smith,Dana A Forgione
Pamela C Smith
This article examines the development of Certificate of Need (CON) legislation in the United States. Over time, CON legislation developed into efforts to contain rising health care costs, while maintaining quality of care. In recent years, ...
Hospital costs and specialization: benefits of limiting the number of product lines [0.03%]
医院成本和专科化：限制产品线数量的好处
Steven R Eastaugh
Steven R Eastaugh
Trends in hospital specialization are studied using multiple regression analysis for the period 1999-2008. The observed 31.3 percent rise in specialization was associated with a 9.5 percent decline in unit cost per admission. The number of ...